In the tech world, the top stories included Facebook privacy breaches, Amazon’s flashy HQ2 project and SpaceX’s soaring rockets. All topics that have touched Delaware in one way or another. But we’re talking about Technical.ly Delaware’s biggest stories in 2018 – so here they are, based on your clicks:

We don’t normally cover the crime beat here at Technical.ly, but the controversy involving the use of screenshots from the Nextdoor app’s private Greenville, Delaware group in connection with a murder case brought up some legal and ethical questions worth exploring.

What’s public and what’s private when it comes to Nextdoor? (Courtesy photo)

The big Amazon story of the year was, of course, HQ2 (which actually ended up being 2HQ2, but that’s another story). Here on Technical.ly Delaware, the most read Amazon story in 2018 was an interview with oboist Beau Curran, the University of Delaware alum who founded the Amazon Symphony Orchestra.

The most recent story on this list is also the second-most-read of the year. Capital One full-stack software developer Jocelyn Harper spoke out about leaving the nonprofit Girl Develop It after being dissatisfied with reaction to a racial incident in the organization. Since October, more women have spoken out, leading to the an ongoing #GDIStrike.